[x264-devel] Does x264 encoder has 1 frame delay on IFrame generation

[Jason Garrett-Glaser]

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 7:33 AM, Alexander Sbitnev
<alexander.sbitnev at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there!
>
> I discovered that flag for X264_TYPE_IDR becomes effective not on the exact
> frame it requested but on the frame comes after that.
>
> Is it correct x264 behavior or something wrong with my code/settings?

Are you sure your x264 settings configuration doesn't have a delay
between input and output?  x264 by default has a considerable delay
(~40-50 frames), and a very specific set of options is necessary to
get zero-latency output.

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